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big
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adv 1: extremely well; "his performance went over big"
2: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn:
boastfully, vauntingly, big, large]
3: on a grand scale; "think big" [ant: small]
4: in a major way; "the play failed big at the box office"
adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude
or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a
large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family";
"big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of
newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of
the world" [syn: large, big] [ant: little, small]
2: significant; "graduation was a big day in his life"
3: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
(or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn:
bad, big]
4: loud and firm; "a big voice"; "big bold piano sounds"
5: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the
movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial
circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large,
prominent]
6: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor"
[syn: big(a), heavy(a)]
7: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" [syn: boastful,
braggart(a), bragging(a), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop,
crowing, self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising]
8: feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a
swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride" [syn: big,
swelled, vainglorious]
9: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
woman" [syn: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown,
grown, grownup]
10: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"
11: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough
to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so
forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart";
"magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: big, large,
magnanimous]
12: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous
goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded
host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving
and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent
gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" [syn: big,
bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded,
handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded]
13: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child";
"was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte,
expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p),
with child(p)]
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brig
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n 1: two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
2: a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
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dig
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n 1: the site of an archeological exploration; "they set up camp
next to the dig" [syn: dig, excavation, archeological
site]
2: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
`drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig
at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam,
dig, barb, jibe, gibe]
3: a small gouge (as in the cover of a book); "the book was in
good condition except for a dig in the back cover"
4: the act of digging; "there's an interesting excavation going
on near Princeton" [syn: excavation, digging, dig]
5: the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or
elbow; "she gave me a sharp dig in the ribs" [syn: dig,
jab]
v 1: turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over
the soil for aeration" [syn: dig, delve, cut into,
turn over]
2: create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" [syn:
dig, dig out]
3: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour,
toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]
4: remove, harvest, or recover by digging; "dig salt"; "dig
coal" [syn: dig, dig up, dig out]
5: thrust down or into; "dig the oars into the water"; "dig your
foot into the floor"
6: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig,
hollow]
7: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
[syn: jab, prod, stab, poke, dig]
8: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning
of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture,
comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass,
apprehend]
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fig
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n 1: a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the
area covered can be seen from Figure 2" [syn: figure,
fig]
2: Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
[syn: fig, common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica]
3: a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with
al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government;
attempted to assassinate Qaddafi [syn: Libyan Islamic
Fighting Group, FIG, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah
bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group]
4: fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit
eaten fresh or preserved or dried
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jig
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n 1: music in three-four time for dancing a jig [syn: jig,
gigue]
2: a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up
and down in the water
3: a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the
tools operating on it
4: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and
leaping
v 1: dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
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pig
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n 1: domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer,
Sus scrofa]
2: a coarse obnoxious person [syn: slob, sloven, pig,
slovenly person]
3: a person regarded as greedy and pig-like [syn: hog, pig]
4: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop,
copper, fuzz, pig]
5: mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast
[syn: pig bed, pig]
6: a crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting
furnace
v 1: live like a pig, in squalor [syn: pig, pig it]
2: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches" [syn: devour,
guttle, raven, pig]
3: give birth; "sows farrow" [syn: farrow, pig]
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prig
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n 1: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob,
prig, snot, snoot]
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renege
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n 1: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn:
revoke, renege]
v 1: fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of
her promise" [syn: renege, renege on, renegue on, go
back on]
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rig
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n 1: gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular
enterprise
2: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together [syn:
trailer truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, rig,
articulated lorry, semi]
3: formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel [syn:
rig, rigging]
4: a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was
exceedingly elegant" [syn: outfit, getup, rig,
turnout]
5: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing
tackle, fishing rig, rig]
6: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn:
carriage, equipage, rig]
7: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is
a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat, rig]
v 1: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an
election" [syn: rig, set up]
2: manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" [syn: rig,
manipulate]
3: connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
4: equip with sails or masts; "rig a ship" [syn: rig, set,
set up]
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sprig
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n 1: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a
terminal division); usually applied to branches of the
current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig,
sprig]
2: an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
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swig
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n 1: a large and hurried swallow; "he finished it at a single
gulp" [syn: gulp, draft, draught, swig]
v 1: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He
slugged me so hard that I passed out" [syn: slug, slog,
swig]
2: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The men
gulped down their beers" [syn: gulp, quaff, swig]
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trig
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adj 1: neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred
young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a
trim beard" [syn: clean-cut, trig, trim]
n 1: the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
[syn: trigonometry, trig]
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twig
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n 1: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a
terminal division); usually applied to branches of the
current or preceding year [syn: branchlet, twig,
sprig]
v 1: branch out in a twiglike manner; "The lightning bolt
twigged in several directions"
2: understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She
didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally
caught on" [syn: catch on, get wise, get onto,
tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it]
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wig
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n 1: hairpiece covering the head and made of real or synthetic
hair
2: British slang for a scolding [syn: wig, wigging]
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frigg
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n 1: (Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love;
wife of Odin [syn: Frigg, Frigga]
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whig
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n 1: a member of the political party that urged social reform in
18th and 19th century England; was the opposition party to
the Tories
2: a supporter of the American Revolution
3: a member of the Whig Party that existed in the United States
before the American Civil War
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frig
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rigg
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prigge
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quigg
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sprigg
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stig
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trigg
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trygg
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twigg
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isgrigg
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figg
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mig
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tig
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zbig
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bigg
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grig
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